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2.2.1 Disable the boot.lvm and boot.md Services
You need to disable
boot.lvm
multiple devices in software RAIDs) so they do not run at boot time. In the future, you want
to run at boot time instead.
boot.evms
1 In YaST, click System > Runlevel Editor > Expert Mode.
2 Select boot.lvm.
3 Click Set/Reset > Disable the Service.
4 Select boot.md.
5 Click Set/Reset > Disable the Service.
6 Click Finish, then click Yes.
The changes do not take effect until the server is restarted. Do not restart at this time.
7 Continue with
Section 2.2.2, "Enable the boot.evms Service," on page
2.2.2 Enable the boot.evms Service
You need to enable the
boot.evms
1 In YaST, click System > Runlevel Editor > Expert Mode.
2 Select boot.evms.
3 Click Set/Reset > Enable the Service.
The B runlevel option is automatically selected.
4 Click Finish, then click Yes.
The changes do not take affect until the server is restarted. Do not restart at this time.
NOTE: Effective in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, the
nodes are automatically re-created on boot. It is no longer necessary to modify the
init.d/boot.evms
previous versions of SUSE Linux.
5 Continue with
"Edit the /etc/fstab File" on page
2.2.3 Edit the /etc/fstab File
When you boot the system, the kernel reads the
should be mounted and then mounts them. This file contains a table of file system information about
the
,
, and root (
/boot
swap
You must edit the
/etc/fstab
mounted under the
/dev/evms
Although the
partition is not managed by EVMS, the
/boot
all the partitions at boot time, including the
directory. Therefore, this makes
evms
requires that the device's path be listed under
booting with
boot.evms
Make sure to replace sda1, sda2, and sda3 with the device names you used for your partitions.
(handles devices for Linux Volume Manager) and
service so that it boots devices when you restart the server.
script to delete the device nodes on system restart as was required for
/etc/fstab
) partitions plus other partitions and file systems you want to mount.
/
file to modify the mount location of these three partitions so they are
directory. For example, change
/boot
a partition that is discovered by EVMS at startup, and
/boot
/dev/evms
.
directory is on
/dev
23.
file to identify which file systems
to
/dev/sda1
script forces EVMS to scan
boot.evms
partition, and it activates
in the
file so it can be found when
fstab
Using EVMS to Manage Devices
(handles
boot.md
23.
and the device
tmpfs
/etc/
.
/dev/evms/sda1
under the
/boot
/dev/
23
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